Pius III | |
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Bishop of Rome | |
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Church | Catholic Church |
Papacy began | 22 September 1503 |
Papacy ended | 18 October 1503 |
Predecessor | Alexander VI |
Successor | Julius II |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 30 September 1503 by Giuliano della Rovere |
Consecration | 1 October 1503 by Giuliano della Rovere |
Created cardinal | 5 March 1460 by Pius II |
Personal details | |
Born | Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini 9 May 1439 |
Died | 18 October 1503 Rome, Papal States | (aged 64)
Buried | St. Peter's Basilica, later moved to Sant'Andrea della Valle |
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Other popes named Pius |
Papal styles of Pope Pius III | |
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Reference style | His Holiness |
Spoken style | Your Holiness |
Religious style | Holy Father |
Posthumous style | None |
Pope Pius III (Italian: Pio III, Latin: Pius Tertius; 9 May 1439 – 18 October 1503),[1] born Francesco Todeschini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 September 1503 to his death. At just twenty-six days, he had one of the shortest pontificates in papal history.[2]
Francesco was the nephew of Pope Pius II, who granted him the use of the family name "Piccolomini", and appointed the twenty-one-year old Francesco as Archbishop of Siena. He served as papal legate in a number of places. In 1503, the now-frail Francesco, known as Cardinal Piccolomini, was elected pope as a compromise candidate between the Borgia and della Rovere factions. Although he announced plans for reforms, he died less than a month later.
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